Collar.



J. K. P. PINE. COLLAR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1900.

1,101,09 Patented June 23,1914.

WITNESSES, V T W IN EN 0/? fi Arm/ E) COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0.,WASHINGTON, D. 67

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES KIP. PINE, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR '10 UNITED SHIRT AND COLLARCOMPANY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 10, 1909.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Serial No. 517,103.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES K. P. PINE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Troy,Rensselaer county,NewYork,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to detachable shirt collars, such as are worn bymen and boys, and particularly to turn-down collars of modern style, ofwhich the tops or outer parts are brought close to or very near eachother when the collar is buttoned. Such collars when stiffly starchedare very difficult to button.

A principal object of my invention is to facilitate the buttoningoperation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a collar embodying myinvention in its buttoned position; Fig. 2 shoWS one end of this collar;Fig. 3 is a view like that of Fig. 2, showing a modification.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, 11 designates a collar ofturn-down pattern, of which 12 is the band and 13 the top or outer part.The right end, as worn, of the band 12 is provided with a tab 14 ofordinary form, having a button-hole 15, which may be of the usual form,for engagement with a collar stud 16 in the neckband of the shirt. Thetab 17 at the left end of the band, as worn, the right as shown in thedrawing, is, as is customary, considerably longer that the tab 14, and,as here shown, has the curved upper edge and sharp corner distinguishingthe look collar, for which U. S. Patent #882,415 was granted to me onMarch 17, 1908. The button-hole 18 in this tab 17 is formed at an acuteangle with the usual horizontal line and is so positioned in the tabthat its: inner, lower end is at approximately the same distance fromthe upper edge of the band 12 as the outer end of the button-hole 15 inthe other tab 14, whereby this inner, lower end of the buttonhole 18engages with the shank of the stud 16 when the collar is in its normalbuttoned or worn position, in which the upper corners of the top 13 arehorizontally alined as shown in Fig. 1. It may advantageously beprovided with an eyelet 19 at its inner end and with an enlarged portion20 at its upper, outer end, see Fig. 2.

In attaching the front ends of the collar 11 to a shirt band, theshorter tab 14 is first buttoned on the stud 16 in the neck-band; thetab 17 may then he slipped partially under the fold of the collar, butnot inwardly or upwardly to its normal position, so that.

the button-hole 18 may be engaged with the stud at least as easily as ifthe close collar shown were of an open pattern, 2'. 6., one with its topends normally separated; and, of course, more easily than where astraight button-hole, like .15, is provided, by reason of the fact thatthe enlarged portion 20 passes without considerable distortion over thehead of the stud 16. When the left end of the collar is then raised toits proper position, as in Fig. 1, the eyelet 19 embraces the shank ofthe stud 16 (or, of course, the attaching threads of a button if this isused) and assists in retaining the collar in its proper position untilthe strap of the cravat or tie is drawn taut.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, a modification of the form of the button-holein the outer or longer tab 17 is shown, which consists in forming aneyelet 29 at the inner, lower end of the hole, not in the usual axialline therewith, but at one side of the line thereof, in the presentinstance, at the inner, upper side.

It will be seen that by reason of the enlarged portion 20 of thebutton-hole, it will be very easily engaged with the stud; and that thenon-alined eyelet 29 will embrace the shank of the stud so as tomaterially resist displacement of the end of the collar, particularly ifthe collar is of the lock pattern shown and the eyelet is placed, asshown, above the slotted portion of the hole,

whereby the engagement of the upper edge of the tab within the fold ofthe collar resists the slight upward movement of the tab necessary tounbutton it.

It will be understood that while the in vention is especiallyadvantageous in connection with the lock collar of my prior patent, noform of collar is, per se, essential to my invention.

By the word button-hole, as used in the specification and claims hereof,I intend a closed hole, entirely within and inclosed by the fabric ofthe band or tab, as distinguished from a slot or notch opening from theedge thereof.

What I claim is:

1. A turn-down collar having tabs, one of which is adapted to fit snuglywithin the fold of the collar when in its buttoned position, saidlast-named tab being provided with an angular-1y disposed button-holeentirely within and inclosed by the fabric of the tab and having aneyelet at its inner end adapted to embrace the shank of a collar stud,and an enlarged portion at its outer end, said eyelet and said enlargedportion being connected by a slotted portion, substantially for thepurposes set forth.

2. A turn-down collar having tabs, one of which is adapted to fit snuglywithin the fold of the collar. when in its buttoned position, saidlast-named tab being provided with an angular-1y disposed button-holeentirely within and inclosed by the fabric of the tab and having aneyelet at its inner end adapted to embrace the shank of a collar stud,and an enlarged portion at its outer end adapted to pass over the headof such stud, said eyelet and said enlarged portion being connected by aslotted portion, substantially for the purposes set forth.

3. A turned down lock front collar having the usual locking tab, saidtab having a button-hole provided with an enlarged opening, a slitextending downwardly therefrom and a recess located at the lower end ofthe slit for the reception of the shank of the collar button.

4. A turned down lock front collar having the usual locking tab, saidtab having a button-hole provided with an enlarged opening, a slitextending downwardly and inwardly therefrom and an eyelet at the lowerend of the slit and at the upper, inner side thereof for the receptionof the shank of the collar button.

JAMES K. P. PINE.

Witnesses Gno. L. COOPER,

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